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Patented July 6, 1915` Smm JHEHMAN' UNITED` Stearns PATENT orrior..

JOSEPH HERMAN, 0F RENO, NEVADA.

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To all w71 om 'it may concern.

Be it known that l, JOSEPH HERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reno, in the county of Washoeand State ot' Nevada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns, or' which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in churns, andrelates particularly to that Class of churns which are provided withoscillating dashers. f

vangles to An object of this invention is the p ro- Vision of a churn ofthis character in which the dasher rod is pivotally connected to thecover of the churn, whereby when the cover is removed from the churn thedasher is also removed therefrom.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a churn in whichimproved and simple means is provided for locking the cover on the churnbody when the churn is in use, the locking means comprising only onelatch member, so that the cover may be quickly removed from the churnbody When it is desired to ill the body.

Still another object of this invention is the provision o an improved-dasher in which a plurality of blades are provided, the dashe'r andblades being formed from one piece of material.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novelconstruction,

combination, and arrangement of parts, to

be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, Vin which- Figure l is a vertical sectional viewof my improved churn; F ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof takenin a plane at right that shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view` of the dasher.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral l designates thechurn body which is tapered from its lower` end to its upper end, theside walls of the body being inclined their entire length.

The numeral 2 designates the cover of the churn, the cover beingprovided with a marginal flange 3 which is adapted to rest upon theupper edges of the body. Formed centrally in the cover is a slot 4 andformed on the upper face of the cover on opposite sides of the slot areupstanding bearing lugs 5 in which the ends of a shaft 6 are mounted.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Application led October Y26, 1914. Serial No. 868,708.

livotally mounted intermediate of its ends .on the shaft is a dasher rod7, the upper end of which provides a handle, and the lower end thereofbeing split to provide a pair of legs 8 between which a dasher 9 issecured.

The dasher 9 is formed from a plate of metal which projects beyond thevopposite sides of the rod 7, and blades l0 are formed onopposite sidesof the rod by punching portions of the plateoutwardly, the blades beingextended in a plane at right angles to the dasher and arranged parallelwith the body of the flasher. The blades Yon each side of the rod arepunched outwardly alternately in oppositedirections, and the bladesYwhich are disposed in the same horizontal planev are extended inopposite directions, so that the blades on the opposite faces of thedasher are arranged/in staggered relation. It will be noted that AtheInner ends/otthe blades bear against the dasherrods 7 which will preventthem from becoming easily distorted.

To provide means whereby Water or otherl liquid contained within thechurn body may be drawn therefrom, a vent l1 is formed in one wall ofthe body adjacent its lower end, the vent being normally closed by aplug l2. To detachably lock the cover to the y body, a latch 13 isloosely connected at one end to the cover adjacent one edge thereof, theouter-end ofthe latch being directed angularly and provided with anopening therein tol receive a staple 14 or other suitable keepertherethrough, which is secured to one of the inclined side walls of thebody.

One edge of the cover 2 is beveled as atr l5 to substantially the sainedegree as the degree of inclination ot' the adjacent side wall, the wallbeing beveled from the lower tace of the cover to they flange. 3 formedthereon. vBy the provision of the beveled side wall 15 of the cover, itwill be seen that of the body. Tilting of the cover toward.l

the front and rear walls of the body is pgeeij;

vented to any degree by the close proxim'p'tj.'f ot the side edges ofthe dasher tothe and rear walls of the body, but it will be readily seenthat when the latch 13 is disengaged from the keeper 14, the cover maybe tilted toward the inclined side wall opposite from that in which thekeeper is mounted, so that material maybe poured into the churn bodywithout the necessity of manually supporting the entire weight of thecover while the churn body is being filled, as the weight of the coveris supported upon the upper edge of the inclined side wall of the churnbody.

When it is desired to churn cream, the same is poured into the churnbody in the above described manner, and the cover is fastened inposition by engaging the latch member 13 with the keeper 14, and theupper end of the dasher rod may be grasped and moved from side to sideto oscillate the dasher Within the churn. By the provision of theplurality of .openings in the dasher 9l formed by punching the blades 10outwardly, the cream is quickly separated from the butter, and the creammay be easily drawn from the churn body by removing the plug 12 from thevent 11, and it will be readily understood that after the cream has beendrawn, the plug may be again inserted in they vent and a. quantity ofwater poured into the churn body so that the butter may be washed byoscillating the dasher, whereupon the water may be drawn through theventy upon removal'of the plug, after which vthe cleaned butter may ber'moved through the upper end of the churn after disenga ement of thecover from the churn body.

aving thus fully described my invention, what I rdesire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is A churn including a lhollow body havin acover, a dasher rod pivotally connec intermediate of its ends to thecover and projecting therethrough, the lower end of said rod within thebody being split to provide a pair of legs, a dasher plate secured tothe legs and projecting beyond the oppo site sides of the rod, saidplate being pro# vided in its projecting portions with punched-outblades arranged parallel with the body of the plate, the blades on eachside of the rod being extended alternately in opposite directions, andthe blades disposed in the same horizontal plane being extended i,;opposite directions, whereby the iso` blades on the opposite faces ofthe dasher are arranged in staggered relation, the inner ends of saidblades bearing againstthe sides ofthe dasher rod to prevent them frombecoming easily distorted.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. JOSEPH HERMAN. Witnesses:

J AMES CRAWFORD,

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